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MarkShnier__You
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3 years ago

Auto Refresh a New dashboard

There is an elegant way to Refresh a Home Page (ie old style dashboard). Just a code page like this <script> setTimeout(function(){ parent.location.reload(1); }, 60000); </script> Then just...
MarkShnier__You's avatar
MarkShnier__You
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3 years ago
I found an answer to my own question. I use the share link for the New Dashboard to embed a webpage on my old homepage (suffixed with &ifv=1).

And then I know how to refresh a home page so I got it to work.

The use case is where you're trying to put a giant TV screen up in an office and have various key measure widgets be updated every few minutes.

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Mark Shnier (Your Quickbase Coach)
mark.shnier@gmail.com
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ChrisNewsome
Qrew Captain
3 years ago

Mark can you elaborate on this solution? I have this exact use case, a large TV that I need to update regularly. 

I'd also like to be able to update just a basic report page in the same manner. (Such as a homepage report for a table)



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Thanks,
Chris Newsome
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  • MarkShnier__You's avatar
    MarkShnier__You
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    3 years ago
    Sure, this will only work on a Home Page, but not a new dashboard, but you can cheat and embed a new Dashboard in a Home Page.

    Make a Page called Refresh.html
    with code below.  This will refresh every 300,000 milliseconds which is 300 seconds whch is 5 minutes.  

    <script>
    setTimeout(function(){
    parent.location.reload(1);
    }, 300000);
    </script>


    The include a web page widget on your home page with this URL

    mycompany.quickbase.com/db/xxxxxxxx?a=showpage&pageID=24

    Replace xxxxxxx with the app ID
    Replace 24 with the Page # of that Refresh script page.

    Note that while you are in Customize Page mode on the homepage it will suddenly refresh every five minutes so you might want to set a longer delay while you are working with the homepage configuration as it gets confusing if all of a sudden the page just refreshes on you!  

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    Mark Shnier (Your Quickbase Coach)
    mark.shnier@gmail.com
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    • ChrisNewsome's avatar
      ChrisNewsome
      Qrew Captain
      3 years ago
      Thanks Mark!

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      Thanks,
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